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2017 Minnesota Power Outage Report

In 2017, the average Minnesota customer went without power for about 1.9 hours — the 38th worst of any US state that year, below the state's decade average. Figures from DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I.

Avg hrs / customer
1.9
Peak customers out
53,530
Rank (worst state)
38th
Counties affected
20

Minnesota outages over the decade

Average hours without power per customer, 2017 highlighted.

1.7h20153.2h20161.9h20172.0h20181.7h20192.2h20202.1h20214.0h20223.0h20234.0h20243.7h2025

Hardest-hit Minnesota counties in 2017

By peak customers out during the year's worst event.

1Hennepin County53,5302Ramsey County19,4143Washington County14,7454Wright County13,8035Stearns County11,6066St. Louis County7,3417Dakota County7,2398Otter Tail County4,7409Rock County4,61310Anoka County4,14211Itasca County4,10212Wabasha County3,92513Beltrami County3,84614Scott County3,78315Carver County3,76616Chisago County3,68617Crow Wing County3,46418Cass County3,42119Rice County2,61120Dodge County2,562

Biggest Minnesota outages of 2017

CountyBeganPeak customers out
Hennepin CountyJune 8, 201753,530
Hennepin CountyApril 25, 201735,115
Ramsey CountyJune 30, 201719,414
Ramsey CountyJune 14, 201715,265
Washington CountyJuly 12, 201714,745
Wright CountyJune 11, 201713,803
Washington CountyApril 25, 201713,147
Ramsey CountyJune 10, 201712,759
Stearns CountyJune 11, 201711,606
Ramsey CountyDecember 10, 20177,377
Minnesota by year:20252024202320222021202020192018
Other states in 2017:FLMEWVNHGARI

Part of the 2017 US Power Outage Report. Source: DOE/ORNL EAGLE-I. “Avg hours per customer” is a SAIDI-like measure (outage customer-minutes ÷ tracked customers); coverage varies by year.